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A  SELECT  BIBLIOGRAPHY  ON  THE  COUNTRY  CHURCH 

Rev.  George  Frederick  Wells,  Research  Secretary,  Department  of  Christian  Sociology, 
Drew  Theological  Seminary 


Abbott,  E.  H.,  Religious  Life  in  America,  chaps. 

3,  7,  8,  14.     New  York:   The  Outlook  Co.     (This 
book  touches  the  problem  vitally  and  strongly.) 

Anderson,  W.  L.,  The  Church  in  Depleted  Towns. 
107th  annual  report  of  the  Massachusetts  Home 
Missionary  Society,  May,  1905.  Boston:  14 
Beacon  Street. 

Anderson,  W.  L.,  The  Country  Town.  307  pp. 
New  York:  Baker  &  Taylor,  1906.  $1  net. 
(Probably  the  best  book  on  the  country  prob- 
lem.) 

Anderson,  Rev.  Wilbert  L.,  D.D.,  The  Rural 
Mind,  in  The  Hoiiiletic  Review,  July,  1909. 

Anthony,  A.  W.,  D.D.,  The  Problem  of  the  New 
England  Country  Church,  in  The  Homiletic 
Review,  July,  1899,  pp.  23-29.  (A  first-hand 
study  of  religious  conditions  in  Maine.) 

Anthony,  Alfred  Williams,  Circular  of  Informa- 
tion for  1910.  The  Interdenominational  Com- 
mission of  Maine.  (Address  the  Editor  at  Lewis- 
ton,  Me.) 

Ashenhurst,  Rev.  J.  O.,  The  Day  of  the  Country 
Church.  New  York:  Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co., 
Sept.,  1910.  (A  fairly  adequate  discussion  of 
the  subject.) 

Babcock,  W.  H.,  A  Statement  of  the  Principles 
and  Methods  of  the  Religious  Department  of  the 
Country  Work  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Associations.  18  pp.  New  York:  124  E.  28th 
Street,  1907. 

Bailey,  L.  H.,  Ph.D.,  The  State  and  the  Farmer. 
177  pp.  New  York:  Macmillan  Co.,  1908.  (This 
book  touches  vital  country-church  interests.) 

Barnes,  L.  C,  D.D.,  Cooperation  for  the  Sake  of 
the  Evangelized  in  America.  Annual  Report  of 
the  Federal  Council  of  the  Churches,  1909.  New 
York:  82  Bible  House.  (A  valuable  discussion 
of  country-church  relationships.) 

Beard,  A.  S.,  D.D.,  The  Story  of  John  Frederic 
Oberlin.  Boston:  Pilgrim  Press,  1909.  §1.25. 
(This  book  is  invaluable  to  all  religious  rural 
workers.) 

Bone,  R.  E.,  Reconstruction  of  the  Country  School, 
in  The  Assembly  Herald,  Sept.,  1910.  Philadel- 
phia: 1328  Chestnut  Street.  (A  most  valuable 
article  on  the  country  church  and  school  in 
cooperation.) 

Boyd,  A.  K.  H.,  The  Recreation  of  a  Country  Par- 
son. 442  pp.  Boston:  Ticknor  &  Fields,  1861. 
(An  old  book  that  has  much  flavor  and  helpful- 
ness.) 

Boyle,  J.  E.,  The  Passing  of  the  Country  Church, 
in  The  Outlook,  May  28,  1904. 

Bullock,  S.  F.,  An  Irish  Experiment,  in  The 
Monthly  Review,  Jan.,  1906,  pp.  77-88.  (A 
report  upon  actual  conditions  of  positive  bet- 
terment.) 

Butterfield,  K.  L.,  Chapters  in  Rural  Progress. 
251  pp.  Chicago:  University  of  Chicago  Press, 
1908.  SI.  (It  contains  excellent  descriptions 
of  rural  betterment  movements.) 

Butterfield,  K.  L.,  The  Church  of  the  Country- 
man, in  The  Congregationalist,  July  31,  1909. 

Butterfield,  K.  L.,  The  Task  of  the  Country 
Church,  in  Hartford  Seminary  Record,  Jan., 
1910. 

Cady,  J.  C,  Church  Federation.  What  is  It? 
Leaflet  of  the  Federal  Council  of  Churches. 
New  York:  82  Bible  House. 

Calkins,  Raymond,  Forward  Steps  in  Church 
Federation,  in  The  Congregationalist,  Feb.  8, 
1908. 

Conn,  G.  W.,  Federation  of  Rural  Social  Forces, 
in  Charities,  Nov.  3,  1908. 

Carver,  Prof.  Thomas  N.,  Rural  Economy  as  a 
Factor  in  the  Success  of  the  Church.  Depart- 
ment of  Social  and  Public  Service,  Bulletin  No. 

4,  20  pp.    Boston:   American  Unitarian  Associa- 
tion, 25  Beacon  Street. 


Dike,  S.  W.,  LL.D.,  The  Religious  Problems  of  the 
Country  Town,  in  Andover  Review,  Aug.,  1884, 
pp.  121-132;  Jan.,  1885,  pp.  38-46;  June,  1885, 
pp.  54-553;  Sept.,  1885,  pp.  194-208.  (One  of 
the  best  discussions  in  print  on  the  problem.) 

Dorion,  E.  C.  E.,  The  Mountaineers  of  Northern 
New  England,  in  The  Christian  Advocate,  New 
York,  Feb.  13,  1908. 

Earp,  E.  L.,  Ph.D.,  The  Conservation  of  Chris- 
tian Resources.  New  York:  Methodist  Men, 
150  Fifth  Ave.,  Feb.,  1910. 

Editorial,  A  Country  Church,  in  The  World's 
Work,  New  York,  Aug.,  1910. 

Editorial,  Is  the  Country  Church  Passing?  in 
The  Congregationalist,  Boston,  Aug.  20,  1910. 

Editorial,  New  Light  on  the  Country  Church,  in 
The  Standard,  July  30,  1910. 

Eggleston,  N.  H.,  Villages  and  Village  Life.  New 
York,  1878.  (This  book  has  some  suggestions 
to  ministers.) 

Emery,  Rev.  W.  Stanley,  Five  Years  of  Country 
Settlement  Work.  (Pamphlet,  1905.  Address 
the  author  at  Tilton,  N.  H.) 

Emrich,  F.  E.,  D.D.,  The  Problem  of  New  Eng- 
land, in  The  Home  Missionary,  Nov.,  1904. 

Fairbanks,  Rev.  Henry,  Ph.D.,  The  Needs  of  the 
Rural  Districts.  Address  published  by  the 
Evangelical  Alliance  of  the  United  States,  New 
York,  1889. 

Fairbanks,  Rev.  Henry,  Ph.D.,  The  Problem  of 
the  Evangelization  of  Vermont.  Minutes — and 
Pamphlet  Supplement — of  the  first  annual  meet- 
ing of  Congregational  ministers  and  churches  of 
Vermont,  held  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  1886;  Mont- 
pelier,  Vt.,  1887. 

Galloway,  T.  W.,  Country  Church  Problem  Ana- 
lyzed, in  The  Interior,  July  23,  1910. 

Gilbert,  G.  H.,  D.D.,  How  One  Man  Saved  a 
Town,  in  The  Outlook,  Apr.  18,  1908,  pp.  873- 
878. 

Gladden,  Rev.  Washington,  D.D.,  The  Christian 
League  of  Connecticut.  New  York:  Century 
Co.,  1883.  192  pp.  (An  excellent  discussion  of 
essential  principles.) 

Gladden,  Washington,  D.D.,  The  Christian  Pastor 
and  the  Working  Church.  New  York,  1898. 
(This  book  has  some  chapters  concerning  rural 
conditions.) 

Goodenough,  A.  H.,  D.D.,  How  to  Reach  the 
Rural  Population,  in  The  Christian  Advocate, 
Dec.  29,  1904. 

Harris,  Rev.  J.  Morgan  (Callao,  Mo.),  Country 
Church  Problems,  in  The  Homiletic  Review, 
Aug.,  1910.  Vol.  LX.,  No.  2,  pp.  120-122,  New 
York:  Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co.,  44-60  East  23d  St. 

Hartt,  R.  L.,  A  New  England  Hill  Town,  in  The 
Atlantic  Monthly,  1899,  pp.  561,  712.  (Pessi- 
mistic in  tone,  but  very  suggestive.) 

Hartt,  R.  L.,  The  Regeneration  of  Rural  New  Eng- 
land, in  The  Outlook,  Mar.  3,  10,  17,  31,  1900. 
(Somewhat  radical,  but  worth  reading.) 

Haywood,  C.  E.,  Institutional  Work  for  the 
Country  Church.  Burlington,  Vt.:  Burlington 
Free  Press  Association.  50  cents.  (A  practical 
handbook  for  country  pastors.) 

Heermance,  E.  L.,  Democracy  in  the  Church. 
Boston:  Pilgrim  Press,  1906.  (A  timely  treat- 
ment of  church  activity  and  methods  of  union.) 

Henderson,  C.  R.,  Social  Duties  from  the  Chris- 
tian Point  of  View.  Chicago:  University  of 
Chicago  Press,  1909.  (The  book  has  a  chapter 
on  social  duties  in  rural  communities.) 

Hill,  E.  P.,  D.D.,  Cooperation  in  Home  Missions. 
Pamphlet,  10  pp.  New  York:  82  Bible  House, 
1908. 

Hooker,  G.  E.,  The  Problem  of  Interdenomina- 
tional Comity  Among  Country  Churches  in 
Home  Missionary  Territory.  Christianity  Prac- 
tically Applied.  Report  of  Chicago  Conference 
of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  1893,  pp.  390-404. 


STUDIES  IN  THE  GOSPEL  OF  THE  KINGDOM 


Hoyt,  A.  S.,  The  Call  of  the  Country  Church. 
Pamphlet  edited  by  J.  R.  Mott,  124  East  28th 
Street,  New  York,  1909. 

Huey,  S.  G.,  The  Country  Church  Problem,  in 
"Winona  Echoes,"  1907,  pp.  87-96.  Winona,  Ind. 

Hutchens,  H.  L.,  Rural  Town  Decadence  in  Con- 
necticut. Address  before  the  New  Haven  Min- 
isters' Meeting,  Feb.  23,  1903. 

Hyde,  W.  D.,  LL.D.,  Church  Union  a  Necessity, 
in  The  Forum,  Apr.,  1893. 

Hyde,  W.  D.,  LL.D.,  Impending  Paganism  in  New 
England,  in  The  Forum,  June,  1892. 

Hyde,  William  DeWitt,  The  Social  Mission  of  the 
Country  Church.  Minutes  of  the  National  Coun- 
cil of  the  Congregational  Churches  of  the  United 
States,  Portland,  Oct.,  1901,  pp.  223. 

Hyde,  W.  D.,  LL.D.,  The  Transformation  of  New 
England.  Is  it  Decay  or  Development?  in  The 
Forum,  Mar.,  1893. 

Kennedy,  A.  J.,  Religious  Overlapping,  in  The 
Independent,  Apr.  9  and  May  7,  1908.  (An 
effective  article  upon  the  need  of  religious  co- 
operation.) 

Kingsley,  Fanny  Eliza,  Letters  and  Memories  of 
Charles  Kingsley.  Two  volumes  in  one.  Phila- 
delphia: J.  D.  Morris.  (One  of  the  greatest 
books  ever  written  on  rural  reconstruction  by 
the  greatest  of  rural  pastors.) 

Landis,  Rev.  Edward  B.,  The  Rural  Church,  in 
Religious  Education,  Dec,  1909.  Chicago:  72 
East  Madison  Street. 

MacFarland,  C.  S.,  Editor,  The  Christian  Minis- 
try and  the  Social  Order.  303  pp.  New  Haven, 
Conn.:  Yale  University  Press,  1909.  $1.25. 
(This  book  has  Dr.  W.  L.  Anderson's  valuable 
article,  "The  Minister  and  the  Rural  Commu- 
nity.") 

McGarrah,  A.  F.,  Raising  Money  in  the  Country 
Church,  in  The  Herald  and  Presbyter,  May  4, 
1910. 

Miller,  G.  A.,  Problem  of  the  Town  Church.  New 
York:  Revell,  1902.  (A  book  of  town  church 
methods.) 

Mott,  John  R.,  The  Future  Leadership  of  the 
Church.  New  York:  1908,  $1.  (The  book 
offers  many  valuable  suggestions  to  church 
workers.) 

Nesmith,  G.  T.,  The  Rural  Church,  in  The  Amer- 
ican Journal  of  Sociology,  May,  1903.  (A  good 
general  discussion,  having  also  a  bibliography.) 

Newcomb,  Harvey,  The  Harvest  and  the  Reap- 
ers. Boston:  Gould  &  Lincoln,  1858.  (An  old 
book  which  shows  that  the  rural  problem  and 
skilful  studies  are  no  new  thing.) 

Newhouse,  S.  S.,  D.D.,  Reconstructing  the  Coun- 
try Church,  in  The  Herald  of  Gospel  Liberty, 
Sept.  22,  1910.  (This  article  gives  a  splendid 
emphasis  upon  reconstructive  forces.) 

Parsons,  E.  Dudley,  How  the  Rural  Pastor  Keeps 
Busy,  in  The  Congregationalist,  Feb.  19,  1910. 

Pease,  C.  B.  F.,  An  Endowed  Country  Church,  in 
The  Assembly  Herald,  Sept.,  1910.  Philadel- 
phia: 1328  Chestnut  Street.  (This  issue  of  The 
Assembly  Herald  has  several  valuable  articles 
on  the  country  church.) 

Plass,  Norman,  The  Problem  of  the  Country 
Church.  Christianity  Practically  Applied.  Re- 
port of  the  Chicago  Conference  of  the  Evangel- 
ical Alliance,  1893,  pp.  379-389. 

Pressey,  E.  P.,  The  Vision  of  New  Clairvaux.  Ad- 
dress the  author,  Montague,  Mass.  $1.  (A 
book  which  touches  some  vital  principles.) 

Prime,  W.  C,  Country  Churches  in  New  England, 
in  The  New  Princeton  Review,  Sept.,  1886,  pp. 
184-202. 

Proceedings  of  the  Conference  on  the  Problems 
of  the  Rural  Church  in  New  England.  Meeting 
held  in  Boston,  Jan.  18,  19,  1909.  Report  of 
N.  E.  Country  Church  Associations.  Address 
H.  K.  Rowe,  Newton  Centre,  Mass. 

Ramsdell,  T.  J.,  Christian  Cooperation  in  Maine, 
in  The  Outlook,  Jan.  1,  1898. 

Raymond,  F.  W.,  The  Church  of  Christ  in  Rural- 
ville,  in  Yale  Divinity  Quarterly,  Feb.,  1909, 
pp.  223-232. 


Report  of  the  Country  Life  Commission.  Senate 
Document  No.  705.  Washington:  Government 
Printing  Office,  1909.  (This  report  is  an  expert 
discussion  of  the  country  church  and  its  field.) 

Richards,  L.  E.,  The  Social  Possibilities  of  a 
Country  Town.  Publications  of  the  Christian 
Social  Union,  No.  44,  Dec.  15,  1897.  Philadel- 
phia:   Twelfth  and  Walnut  Streets. 

Roads,  Charles,  D.D.,  Rural  Christendom.  322 
pp.  Philadelphia:  American  Sunday  School 
Union,  1909.  90  cents.  (A  suggestive  and 
helpful  book  for  the  country  pastor.) 

Root,  Rev.  E.  T.,  Is  One  Church  the  Ideal  for 
Small  Towns?  in  The  Congregationalist,  Aug. 
24,  1907. 

Root,  Rev.  E.  T.,  Overcoming  our  Overlapping,  in 
The  Home  Missionary,  Nov.,  1908.  (Thisisoneof 
many  authoritative  articles  by  Mr.  Root  on  the 
problem  of  unifying  rural  religious  forces.) 

Root,  Rev.  E.  T.,  What's  the  Matter  with  the 
Churches?  in  The  Delineator,  Dec,  1909. 

Ruliffson,  Rev.  E.  J.,  A  Sensible  Merging  of 
Churches,  in  The  Christian  Intelligencer,  July 
27,  1910.  (Report  of  Organic  Union  at  Breaka- 
been,  N.  Y.) 

Rural  Manhood.  Magazine  on  Country  Life. 
Published  by  County  Department,  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
124  East  28  Street.,  New  York.  50  cents.  (The 
best  publication  in  America  on  rural  religious 
work  and  indispensable  to  country  pastors.) 

Selected  Bibliography  on  the  Country  Church 
Problem,  8  pp.,  Sept.,  1909.  An  annotated  list 
of  standard  writings  prepared  by  a  committee 
of  the  New  England  Country  Church  Associa- 
tion.    H.  K.  Rowe,  Newton  Centre,  Mass. 

Strong,  Josiah,  D.D.,  The  New  Era.  New  York: 
Baker  &  Taylor,  1898.  $1.  (This  book  has 
greatly  stimulated  work  in  country  churches.) 

Taylor,  Graham,  D.D.,  The  Civic  Function  of  the 
Country  Church,  in  The  Chautauquan  Magazine, 
Dec,  1902,  pp.  274-278. 

Thomas,  Rev.  John  T.,  Jr.,  The  Federal  Council 
of  Churches  in  the  West,  in  The  Assembly  Her- 
ald, Aug.,  1910,  pp.  381-382.  Philadelphia: 
1328  Chestnut  Street. 

Thwing,  C.  F.,  D.D.,  The  Working  Church,  1889. 
(In  the  last  chapter  the  country  church  prob- 
lem is  analyzed.) 

Titus,  Edward  Kirk,  Overchurched  Conditions 
in  a  Hill  Town,  in  The  Congregationalist,  Dec. 
11,  1909. 

Travis,  J.  M.,  The  Rural  Church,  in  The  West- 
minster Review,  Sept.  15,  1906.  (An  illumina- 
ting and  instructive  article.) 

Tunis,  John,  The  Practical  Treatment  of  the  Prob- 
lem of  the  Country  Church,  in  The  Andover 
Review,  Sept.,  1888. 

Ufford,  A.  F.,  Problems  of  the  Semi- Rural  Church, 
in  The  Watchman,  Boston,  Oct.  17,  1907. 

Vincent,  J.  H.,  D.D.,  The  Modern  Sunday-School. 
New  York:  Eaton  &  Mains.  $1.  (Chapter 
17  on  rural  Sunday-schools  is  important.) 

Wallace,  Henry,  The  Opportunity  of  the  Country 
Minister,  in  Wallace's  Farmer,  Sept.  9,  1910. 

Weeks,  N.  A.,  The  Regeneration  of  Rural  Iowa, 
in  The  Outlook,  Jan.  9,  1900. 

Wells,  Rev.  George  Frederick,  Better  Country 
Churches.  Agriculture  in  Vermont.  First  Annual 
Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  of  the 
State  of  Vermont.     Montpelier,  1909,  pp.  56-65. 

Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  Bishop  Hall  and  Church  Unity, 
in  The  Congregationalist,  Jan.  20,  1910. 

Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  The  Country  Church,  Cyclopedia 
of  American  Agriculture,  vol.  4.  New  York: 
Macmillan  Company,  1909.  (A  comprehensive 
analysis  of  conditions  and  discussion  of 
principles.) 

Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  How  Two  Country  Churches 
Became  One,  in  The  Watchman,  Mar.  17,  1910, 
pp.  9-11. 

Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  The  Status  of  Rural  Vermont. 
68  pp.  Reprint  and  in  Twenty-third  Vermont 
Agricultural  Report,  1903.  Montpelier,  Vt.: 
Vermont  State  Library. 


STUDIES  IN   THE   GOSPEL   OF  THE    KINGDOM 


Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  A  Study  in  Local  Church  Feder- 
ation, in  The  Methodist  Review,  July-Aug.,  1910. 
Vol.  92,  No.  4,  pp.  615-618.  150  Fifth  Ave.,  New 
York. 

Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  Vermont  and  the  Rural 
Church,  in  The  Northwestern  Christian  Advocate, 
Mar.  23,  1910. 

Wells,  Rev.  G.  F.,  Writings  on  Practical  Country 
Church  Problems,  in  The  Homiletic  Review, 
Aug.,  1909.  (A  somewhat  exhaustive  bibliog- 
raphy up  to  its  date.) 

Wiedensall,  Robert,  Argument  the  Ceunty  Work 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  20 
pp.     New  York:    124  East  28th  Street,  1904. 


Wilson,  W.  H.,  Ph.  D.,  The  Communal  Revival  of 
the  Country  Church.  6  pp.  Leaflet  of  the  De- 
partment of  Church  and  Labor.  Presbyterian 
Church.  New  York:  156  Fifth  Ave.  (Dr. 
Wilson  is  a  leading  writer  and  worker  in  the 
country,  church  field.) 

Wilson,  W.  H.,  Ph.D.,  Quaker  Hill.  168  pp.  May 
be  secured  from  the  author,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  New 
York,  1907.  $1.10.  (An  interesting  sociolog- 
ical study  of  a  country  township.) 

Wilson,  W.  H.,  Ph.D.,  The  Standard  of  Country 
Life.  8  pp.  Leaflet,  1909.  (A  stimulating  dis- 
cussion of  country  church  functions.) 

Wright,  G.  F.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  The  Country  Church, 
in  Bibliotheca  Sacra,  Apr.,  1890. 


THE   SOCIAL-CENTER   MOVEMENT   IN   OTHER   CITIES 

Fkom  The  Common  Ground,  Rochester 


New  York. — While  school  buildings  are 
used  in  more  tha-n  one  hundred  cities  as 
places  for  the  giving  of  public  lectures,  in  no 
other  city  has  this  become  so  extensive  and 
systematic  as  in  New  York.  Under  Dr. 
Henry  M.  Leipziger  it  has  grown  to  be  a 
veritable  "university  of  the  people."  In  the 
year  1908-9  there  were  delivered,  in  169 
centers  throughout  New  York  City,  public 
lectures  on  1,575  different  subjects  before 
5,715  audiences,  by  a  staff  of  641  lecturers, 
the  total  attendance  being  1,213,116.  New 
York  City  also  has  the  most  highly  elaborate 
and  efficiently  organized  public-school  recrea- 
tion centers  in  the  country.  Thirty  buildings 
are  used  as  places  where  boys  or  girls  over 
fourteen  years  of  age  find  opportunity  for 
gymnasium  and  athletic  training,  games, 
reading,  folk  dancing,  as  well  as  parliamen- 
tary drill  and  quiet  study.  The  attitude  of 
the  school  authorities  in  New  York  is  illus- 
trated by  the  statement  of  Superintendent 
Maxwell,  "  As  President  Eliot  has  pointed  out, 
there  can  be  no  waste  of  money  in  public- 
school  administration  comparable  to  the 
waste  involved  in  permitting  millions  of  dol- 
lars' worth  of  property  to  remain  unutilized 
except  during  the  hours  when  school  is  kept." 

Philadelphia. — Fifty  school  buildings  are 
used  in  Philadelphia  as  recreation  and  lecture 
centers  under  the  direction  of  the  Home  and 
School  Association  in  cooperation  with  the 
Board  of  Education.  The  work,  begun 
primarily  to  bridge  the  chasm  between  the 
school  and  the  home,  is  rapidly  broadening 
to  make  the  school  building  a  center  for  the 
use  of  all  people. 

Pittsburg. — During  this  past  season  in 
Pittsburg  the  social-center  use  of  the  school 
buildings  has  begun  on  lines  similar  to  those 


followed  in  Rochester.  Three  school  build- 
ings in  various  parts  of  the  city  were 
equipped  and  opened  for  neighborhood  uses. 
Cleveland. — The  Cleveland  Board  of 
Education  has  a  "  Committee  on  Lectures  and 
Social  Center  Development."  As  the  name 
of  this  committee  suggests,  Cleveland  regards 
the  use  of  school  buildings  as  lecture  centers 
as  only  a  beginning. 

Columbus. — For  several  years  school-ex- 
tension work  has  been  conducted  on  a  small 
scale  in  Columbus  with  the  idea  of  demon- 
strating to  the  city  some  of  the  undeveloped 
resources  which  it  has  in  school  property. 
Recently  Mr.  E.  S.  Martin,  of  Racine,  Wis- 
consin, has  been  engaged  as  supervisor  of 
"Public  Recreation  and  Social  Education" 
and  the  work  in  Columbus  bids  fair,  very 
quickly  to  lead  among  the  smaller  cities  of 
the  country. 

Buffalo. — The  new  Hutchinson  High 
School  in  Buffalo  is  planned  not  only  as  an 
educational  plant  for  young  people,  but  also 
to  serve  as  a  well-equipped  social  center. 

Los  Angeles. — The  last  number  of  the 
Pacific  Outlook  of  Los  Angeles  carries  the 
report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  con- 
sider social  centers  and  to  make  recommen- 
dations for  school  extension  in  Los  Angeles. 
This  committee,  after  a  careful  investigation 
of  the  developments  in  various  cities  through- 
out the  country,  gives  an  outline  of  the 
Rochester  social-eenter  plan,  indorses  it  and 
recommends  the  adoption  of  similar  plans  in 
Los  Angeles. 

Baltimore. — As  yet  the  school-extension 
movement  has  made  but  a  slight  beginning 
in  Baltimore.  There  are,  however,  a  number 
of  people  in  that  city  who  are  greatly  inter- 


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ested  in  the  possibilities  of  this  movement 
and  there  is  determination  there.  But  better 
than  determination  they  have  at  least  one 
man  who  believes  in  demonstration.  Largely 
through  his  agency  an  old  school  building  has 
been  secured  and  club  work  started  for  the 
young  people  of  the  neighborhood.  The 
beginning  has  been  made  and  so  far  it  is 
successful. 

Cambridge. — There  is  a  vigorous  school- 
extension  committee  of  twenty-three  mem- 
bers in  Cambridge  which  reports,  after  a 
careful  investigation  and  after  making  tenta- 
tive beginnings,  that  "there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  all  sections  of  our  people  wish  their 
schoolhouses  to  be  used  as  much  as  possible 
in  every  proper  way." 

Boston. — In  Boston  the  school-extension 
movement  has  hitherto  been  supported  chiefly 
by  the  great  Home  and  School  Association 
of  that  city.  Largely  through  their  coopera- 
tion twenty-two  school  buildings  have  been 
put  to  use  as  neighborhood  meeting-places. 
With  a  view  to  learning  the  experience  of 
other  cities  Mr.  J.  W.  De  Bruyn,  the  Super- 
visor of  School  Extension  in  Boston,  made 
an  extended  tour  during  the  past  season.  In 
the  careful  Boston  method  the  New  England 
Educational  League  has  been  holding  con- 
ferences upon  "The  Utilization  of  School 
Buildings"  in  the  Boston  University  with  a 
view  to  collecting  information  and  propaga- 
ting the  movement. 

Milwaukee. — Public  lectures,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Board  of  School  Directors, 
were  authorized  by  an  act  of  the  legislature 
of  Wisconsin,  passed  in  1901.  The  next  year 
began  the  giving  of  public  lectures  in  Mil- 
waukee, which  city  has  developed  a  compre- 
hensive and  well-rounded  system,  second 
only  to  that  given  under  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion in  New  York.  Last  winter  twenty-five 
school  buildings  were  used  for  this  purpose. 
In  addition  to  the  lecture  courses,  three 
school  buildings,  equipped  for  various  recrea- 
tional and  social  purposes,  have  been  opened 
as  social  centers  for  the  communities  and  the 
use  of  the  school  buildings  has  been  granted 
freely  for  meetings  "  to  assist  in  the  molding 
of  that  civic  patriotism  which  leads  to  ac- 
tivity along  the  lines  of  municipal  better- 
ment." The  social  and  civic  activities  are 
carried  on  in  Milwaukee  to  some  extent  in 
connection  with  the  evening  schools,  giving 


classes  in  basketry,  sewing,  dressmaking, 
music,  etc.,  as  well  as  providing  opportunities 
for  debates,  literary  programs,  dramatics, 
the  borrowing  of  books,  physical  training,  and 
recreation.  In  his  last  report,  the  President 
of  the  Milwaukee  Board  of  School  Directors 
quotes  approvingly  from  the  1908  School 
Board  report  of  New  York  City:  "In  its 
relation  to  the  civic  body  the  center  has  be- 
come only  second  in  importance  to  the  public 
school." 

Chicago. — While  other  cities  have  made 
use  of  the  already  existing  public  property 
for  the  development  of  recreational,  civic,  and 
social-center  activities,  Chicago  has  led  the 
world  in  the  establishment  of  specially  built 
and  equipped  Field  Houses  and  grounds. 
Of  these  Chicago  has  now  thirteen,  which  it 
has  developed  at  a  cost  of  more  than 
$11,000,000. 

There  is,  however,  in  Chicago  a  strong  move- 
ment for  the  equipping  and  opening  of  school 
buildings  for  neighborhood  uses.  During 
this  past  season  the  use  of  three  buildings  has 
begun.  The  experiment  has  been  regarded 
as  successful  from  every  point  of  view  and 
Chicago  has  now  a  school-extension  committee 
of  which  the  superintendent  of  schools  is  one 
member,  which  is  studying  the  social-center 
developments  in  various  cities  throughout 
the  country,  looking  forward  to  the  extensive 
opening  of  Chicago  school  buildings  for 
neighborhood  uses. 

Syracuse. — The  newly-elected  President 
of  the  School  Board,  Mr.  T.  A.  Levi,  after 
a  visit  to  the  Rochester  social  centers,  said: 
"I  am  deeply  interested  in  the  wider  use  of 
public  schools.  We  have  no  social  centers 
in  Syracuse,  such  as  you  have  in  Rochester, 
but  we  have  a  few  clubs  for  boys  and  some 
parents'  clubs.  I  am  much  in  favor  of  the 
work  of  social  centers."  There  is,  in  Syra- 
cuse, at  least  one  organization  using  the 
school  building  as  a  meeting-place,  which  has 
in  it  much  of  the  spirit  of  the  Rochester  Men's 
Civic  Clubs.  This  is  the  East  Side  Improve- 
ment Association,  which  holds  fortnightly 
meetings  for  the  promotion  of  the  interests 
of  the  citizens,  at  the  Lincoln  School.  The 
annual  banquets  of  this  association,  which 
are  held  in  the  school,  average  an  attendance 
of  two  hundred  and  the  organization  has 
proved  there,  what  the  Civic  Clubs  have 
shown  in  Rochester,  that  citizens  may  be 
trusted  in  the  free  use  of  school  plants. 


